Heroes Meeting Mr. Darcy: My One Day as a Film Extra
It's Oscar season, so here's a little story about that one time I became a film extra in the hope of meeting Colin Firth.
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Humor The Other Avengers Are Pretty Busy Right Now
Ever wondered why all the Avengers don't show up to help when the world is about to be destroyed? Wonder no longer.
Beauty A Meat Processing Professional Reviews Snowpiercer
"Snowpiercer" left something to be desired for our critic, an extremely detail-oriented meat processing professional.
Animals An Investigation of the Biodiversity of Disney Sidekicks
A very serious and probing look at the animal sidekicks of the Disney universe, dogs and dog-like horses and owls and so on.
Animals Dogs in Classic Kids’ Movies, Ranked by How Much I Want to Hug Them*
A hard-nosed ranking of adorable dogs in kid movies. Some controversial choices.
Humor Every Lesbian Movie Ever Made, In Haiku
Anna Pulley continues her haiku series by taking on the plot of every lesbian film.
Movies Every Song In 2007’s Walk Hard, Ranked, After Careful Deliberation
Careful deliberation and prayerful discernment, that's what went into the making of this list.
Movies “Altruism is pointless. So are dogs.”
Mallory and Ayn Rand take a trip over to the New Yorker (dot com).
Movies Beyond the Lights: Scripting Black Love in a Time of Protest
Hannah Giorgis on how revolutionary it is to see black people embrace one another on screen in a world that denies black humanity.
Advice Fire Safety Lessons from The Towering Inferno
The 1974 disaster film "The Towering Inferno" has a lot of valuable advice for fire safety.
Cartoons & Comics A Lady’s Guide for Covertly Joining a Fictional Army
You may have wondered how joining the army works if you are a fictional woman pretending to be a man. Here's what you need to know.
Movies Dream-Casting The Live-Action Gargoyles Movie That Does Not Exist
There isn't a Gargoyles movie, but here is everyone who ought to be in it.
Folklore Actual Lifetime Movie Titles as Fairytales
In which Kathryn Ionata writes brief fairytales to go with real Lifetime movie titles.
Misandry 1930s Films That Could Easily Double As Titles For Misandrist Manifestos
Dumb Dicks
The League of Frightened Men
Forty Naughty Girls
Follow The Lady
The Warrior's Husband
Girls Will Be Boys
Men Are Such Fools
Bringing Up Father
Kept Husband
To Oblige A Lady
A Woman Alone
What, No Men!
Feminism The Butter: FAQs
Welcome to The Butter, Roxane Gay's new site.
